“There’s a real sense of mission emerging, and when the mainstream banking teams get engaged, then things like this move to the top of the list”
“The year has got off to a very good start and as the macro environment is changing, volatility is coming back to the FX market in a good way”
“Financial inclusion, or the lack of it, is an issue across the country from urban cities to rural communities. It doesn’t happen in isolation; it’s linked to poverty and instability in people’s jobs and earnings”
“It was incredibly exciting coming into work to see what was happening. But I was short. I think if I had been long I would have been a lot more stressed”
Larissa Knepper, then at Nomura, watched as it looked like the AT1 market might break
“We can turn around the fortunes of this country. We can become a middle-income country. What we need are good policies. In this new dispensation [Mugabe’s ouster], we are much focussed about putting into place new policies that can recover our economy”
Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe’s perennial finance minister, sees hope for the nation’s future